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エクソン (ekuson) Japanese meaning: exon | Kotomora

エクソン

also: エキソン

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Meanings

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exon

A segment of a gene that codes for protein; used in molecular biology.

エクソンはタンパク質しつをコードするDNA領りょう域いきです。
Exons are DNA regions that code for proteins.

Related words

イントロン
Intron: the non-coding segment of a gene, removed during RNA splicing, contrasting with exon.

Written forms

エクソンUsage93%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'exon'.
エキソンUsage7%
Alternate katakana spelling; less common than エクソン.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'exon', a term coined in molecular biology.